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This paper studies charity responses to alleged or confirmed misconduct. Using advisory notices published by Charity Navigator, I find that charities take steps to improve and change following these events, especially when misconduct is severe, or attracts more media attention. On average, the publication of an advisory prompts organizations to increase their program spending by over 20 percent in the years following a scandal. This response is not driven by the withdrawal of donor support, but instead could be due to concerns over long-term reputational damage. These findings help to quantify the value of a crucial accountability tool in the nonprofit sector.
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The Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization is devoted to theoretical and empirical research concerning economic decision, organization and behavior and to economic change in all its aspects. Its specific purposes are to foster an improved understanding of how human cognitive, computational and informational characteristics influence the working of economic organizations and market economies and how an economy structural features lead to various types of micro and macro behavior, to changing patterns of development and to institutional evolution. Research with these purposes that explore the interrelations of economics with other disciplines such as biology, psychology, law, anthropology, sociology and mathematics is particularly welcome.